Totally 120% with Martin here. I am completely unhappy with the usability of the concept of "download your own activities" for the total n00b. 20? Maybe as an option a stripped-down somewhere for power users who really want to do what is proposed.
(I seem to recall there was a request for discussing this elsewhere, but I don't remember and erased the original email, so my apologies) Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Mel Chua <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The short version is that instead of "include all Activites by default," >> we're thinking of shipping very few (6) Activities by default - the ones >> that help users get further Activities and help >> > > I read Sebastian's post... and is less drastic than that. He seems to > say: include only the well tested, known to work, actively maintained > activities, with an eye towards activitries that serve as a good intro > to the platform and that demo well. > > But you say only 6... Which one is it? > > The initial proposal I like; makes a lot of sense and raises the bar. > IT basically increases the chances of a satisfactory first use. > > Six activities not so much -- you need many steps + internet to add > activities... and it'll be "random activity from ASLO, may well be > unstable or useless". It significantly _reduces_ chances of > satisfaction. > > All IMHO... > > > m > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
